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Great Lakes Daily News: 24 August 2006
A collaborative project of the Great Lakes Information Network and the Great
Lakes Radio Consortium.

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A serene scene in jeopardy?
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The serenity found at Yellow Dog Plains in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is
threatened by a plan for a 90-acre sulfide mining operation. Source: Traverse
City Record-Eagle (8/24)


Bird-bashing season
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The double-crested cormorants of the Thousand Islands have everyone in a flap --
being accused of random pooping, alleged over-fishing, fouling private property
and denuding shrubs. Source: Ottawa Sun (8/24)


Gunfire on Lake Huron?
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The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to create 26 "safety zones" throughout the
Great Lakes -- including six on Lake Huron -- for live gunfire training.
Source: The Saginaw News (8/24)


Lampreys make a surprise showing
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Many anglers who fish the St. Clair River and Lake St. Clair have been surprised
this summer to find small lampreys clinging to muskellunge, catfish, pike,
walleyes and even smallmouth bass. Source: Detroit Free Press (8/24)


Minnesota beach closings drop
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For the first time since June 8, no Minnesota beaches on Lake Superior or the
Duluth harbor recorded elevated bacteria levels. Source: Duluth News Tribune
(8/24)


Ottawa rejects Arctic protection for belugas
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Although the beluga whale is a protected species in the St. Lawrence Seaway,
Canada's federal government has rejected an advisory body's recommendation that
the marine mammal be protected in Arctic waters. Source: Ottawa Citizen (8/24)


Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District - Why does everybody hate it?
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Despite local criticism, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District is regarded
both nationally and internationally as a model system -- one that officials
from other sewerage districts study when they want to upgrade their facilities.
Source: The Shepherd Express (8/23)


Future of the fast ferry terminal
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Some local leaders have suggested that the now virtually empty Rochester Ferry
Terminal would be a perfect location for SUNY Brockport's marine research
facility. Source: WHEC-TV (8/23)


Great Lakes Children's Museum prepares for childplay again
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After a year without a building, the Great Lakes Children's Museum will reopen
on September 16 with a grand celebration at their new facility in
Greilickville, Mich. Source: Grand Traverse Herald (8/23)


Zebra mussels making Lake Michigan look pretty clear
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Arriving in the ballast water of ships, the nonnative zebra mussel has invaded
the Great Lakes and many inland lakes. Source: Petoskey News-Review (8/23)


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